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What were you taught in school about your country's history
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I did very little in school but now i'm doing my main History Project on the whole Peninsular Campaign of Sir Arthur Wellesly.Shadow of The East said:
In Russia I only went to first grade and learned no History or political things at all. Then my family went to Germany and here the schools say the Soviet Union and Russia are COMPLETELY evil, want to rule the world and every day living in this country is torture and people suffer really bad and all those freakin' propaganda. I asked my parents and my grandparents. They told me almost the opposite of what they say in Germany. Also the German teachers(most of them) praise Germany as a country of perfect democracy and liberty. Democracy my ass... Controlled media, extreme punishment for Movie/Music/Software pirating, 5 years jail to be exact(child molesters get 2 years...). It's pretty nice to live here though, the government will never let you die(people get enough money from the government and stuff), but it's still the old "bread and games" strategy, with the difference that the gladiator arenas are soccer stadiums now. But really no insult to the German social system.
We were given a really watered-down version of history, all patriotic "we used to own 1/3 of the world and were the biggest country on the planet" however failing to mention that it was all built on the back of slavery.
Just another reason why I've took it at Uni. What a bloody mistake.
Just another reason why I've took it at Uni. What a bloody mistake.
A country that can organise one hell of a resistence and has a foreign Legion that kept fighting.dwightsteel said:
I left school before the end of Grade 9 in Canada, went to travel the world.
But what I learned about the history of Canada.. Indians. No seriously they teach you about the different indian tribes, and basically a couple of battles where dudes got slaughtered and thats it.
(insert your jokes here, I welcome them)
But what I learned about the history of Canada.. Indians. No seriously they teach you about the different indian tribes, and basically a couple of battles where dudes got slaughtered and thats it.
(insert your jokes here, I welcome them)
Do History GCSE where i live and you learn all about Northern Irish History...
It isnt very nice.
It isnt very nice.
for my GCSE at least, i learnt the history of medicine (as a whole, not just the country) and British women during the Second World War - two of the most boring aspects of history EVAR.
fortunately now i'm doing the Roman Empire and Britain, oh, and the origins of Democracy
fortunately now i'm doing the Roman Empire and Britain, oh, and the origins of Democracy
I live in the UK and i was shock when i went to University and i had to explain things like remeberance day, and who guy fawkes was, hell i even had to explain wilston Churchil was. i mean im not smart ( only just smart even to get in to university) and i was educated in a under funded village schools and collage but even i know some thin about my own coutrys history.